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When 3dfx's Voodoo series of PC-gaming-oriented 3D graphics cards became popular in the mid-1990s, Canopus produced the Pure3D, a Voodoo graphics processor-based graphics card with 6 MB of memory instead of the standard 4 MB. When the Voodoo 2 was released, the Canopus Pure3D II was praised for the fact that their cards were shorter than ...
GigaPixel – acquired by 3dfx Interactive; Headland Technology – division of LSI Logic's Standard Products Group in late 1990s, assets sold to SPEA; iXMicro – produced video cards for Macintosh and Macintosh clones; MOS Technology – produced the VIC and TED line of graphics chips, owned by Commodore International
3dfx Interactive, Inc. was an American computer hardware company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1994, that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units, and later, video cards. It was a pioneer in the field from the late 1990s to 2000.
Canopus RIVA TNT2 Ultra. RIVA TNT2's competition included the 3dfx Voodoo2, 3dfx Voodoo3, the Matrox G400, and the ATI Rage 128. [3] The main competitor to the TNT2 was the Voodoo3, which compared to the TNT2 lacked 32-bit color output in 3D.
3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 AGP. Voodoo3 was a series of computer gaming video cards manufactured and designed by 3dfx Interactive. It was the successor to the company's high-end Voodoo2 line and was based heavily upon the older Voodoo Banshee product. Voodoo3 was announced at COMDEX '98 and arrived on store shelves in early 1999. [1]
The Voodoo2 (or Voodoo 2) is a set of three specialized 3D graphics chips on a single chipset setup, made by 3dfx. It was released in February 1998 as a replacement for the original Voodoo Graphics chipset. [1] [2]
This is the first 3dfx graphics chip to support full 32-bit color depth in 3D, compared to 16-bit color depth with all previous designs. The limitation of 256px × 256px maximum texture dimensions was also addressed and VSA-100 can use up to 2048px × 2048px textures. Additionally, 3dfx implemented the FXT1 and DXTC texture compression ...
Riva TNT card from Creative Technology Canopus RIVA TNT AGP ... Quake2 was the benchmark for performance and the 3dfx-made Voodoo2 enjoyed a large performance ...